Chapter 42: Classic Movie Appreciation
The moment the sound entered her ears, a crack appeared in Jin Wen's originally firm desire to survive: which one seemed more unsafe, her dormitory or this dormitory?
Was she temporarily safe now, or had she just left the wolf's den and entered the tiger's den??
Amidst the ghost howling, three sleeping girls woke up one after another. Guo Guo was so frightened that she fell backwards and hit Zheng Wanqing who was about to throw a punch. The two fell to the ground at the same time, and Zhang You helped them up in time.
Seeing that the sound came from the toilet plunger, they all put down their guard and regained their senses.
"This is... we fell asleep just now?" Zhang You reacted quickly, her face turning pale.
The four of them had tried their best to make all the precautionary preparations, but they still fell asleep in the chair at the same time unconsciously, which showed that the power affecting them was stronger than imagined, and whoever came was not good.
"I dreamed that someone pulled my bed curtain hard." Recalling the dream, Guo Guo shrunk her neck: "I was scared to death, and I tried my best not to let it open, but I heard it kept laughing, and asked me to look up to see who it was. Then of course I won’t raise my head until I die!"
It wasn't until a scream that was more terrifying than ghost laughter pierced the air and rushed to her face, directly scraping everything outside the bed curtain, that her hand was loosened and she woke up.
Zheng Wanqing and Zhang You looked at each other and talked about their dreams.
Zheng Wanqing dreamed that she was running at night on the playground, but there were footsteps chasing her all the time behind her, the road ahead became narrower and narrower, and there was a blind spot at the end of her sight, everything was forcing her to turn her head.
Zhang You's dream was somewhat similar to Tang Xinjue's. There was knocking sound in the dorm, but the sound came from outside the balcony window. Just when she was hesitating whether to open the curtains, she was woken up in time by screams.
The four dreams all have one thing in common - in addition to the them, the dream owners, there was an unknown "existence" in the space, which appeared in a form that they cannot directly see, but induced them to actively break through the barrier.
If they hadn't been woken up in time... the three of them shuddered.
At this time, Zhang You also noticed the girl at the door, and raised her eyebrows in surprise: "Is that Jin Wen?"
Tang Xinjue: "Yes, she just knocked on the door."
"Then you just woke us up with the toilet plunger ability, and you also do it directly... in front of her?"
Tang Xinjue nodded to confirm, "Time is running out, I haven't had time to avoid her."
A few people looked at the girl at the door, and after a moment of silence, Guo Guo said softly, "This skill woke us up, but it seems... to send her away."
I saw that Jin Wen's eyes had turned white, and she was on the verge of fainting.
After an emergency rescue, Jin Wen finally woke up slowly. When she saw Tang Xinjue, she subconsciously wanted to run, but was held down.
A second ago, this girl looked so weak in her eyes, but the next second carried her back as easily as carrying a chicken, and said softly, "Don't worry, it was just an accident."
Jin Wen: "... woo woo woo I'm sorry, I was the accident, please let me go!"
She must have forgotten that this year was her year of birth*, so she was so unlucky!
* 本命年 běn mìng nián, year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches. It was believed that during the year with the same sign as your birth year, you are going to get more bad luck.
However, the situation was beyond her control. Zhang You and Guo Guo took turns to persuade Jin Wen to calm down and believe that they were different from Wei Xian and others.
In the end, Tang Xinjue sighed, and concluded solemnly: "Actually, it's a long story, so I'll make it short. In short, Guo Guo in our dormitory actually studied Taoism, and her master's is from a rival faction to master of Wei Xian in your dormitory. We are righteous, and they are evil."
Guo Guo: "Ah??? Ah... yes, that's right!"
She puffed out her chest, trying to make herself look taller and bigger.
Tang Xinjue said, "Soon we found out that Wei Xian was bewitched by evil ways, and the so-called yellow paper transfer technique was actually a curse of borrowing luck -- have you recently felt that your energy is low, your heart is flustered, you are short of breath, you have nightmares, and you're feeling out of place with your roommates?"
Jin Wen was stupefied by the shocking information that refreshed her world view one after another. She was unable to digest it for a while, and so could only nod subconsciously: "Yes... yes."
"That's because you have been cursed by sorcery," Tang Xinjue said loudly, "If you don't crack it, your life will be in danger."
Jin Wen was frightened and cried: "How to crack it? I don't want to die!"
The girl got up excitedly and grabbed Tang Xinjue's arm. Because she moved too fast, the collar on her neck was scraped down, revealing a faint red mark around her neck.
Tang Xinjue's gaze fell on the red mark for half a second. She exchanged a glance with her roommates, and said softly, "Today you will rest temporarily in our dormitory, and we will tell you the method tomorrow morning."
Afterwards, Jin Wen felt her hand sank. There seemed to be an extra talisman in her hand.
"Put it close to your body, it can buy you a little time when you are in danger.
"Remember, no matter when you don't give up on yourself. As long as your reason is still there, you will always have the last glimmer of hope."
Listening to the girl's gentle and calm voice, Jin Wen's restless heart seemed to be infected, and she slowly gained the long-lost peace from the panic and pain.
After a long time, she nodded slightly: "Okay."
*
The next day.
It was almost noon, but the 612 dormitory was lifeless, with the curtains closed tightly, preventing any light from coming in.
The three girls in the dormitory sat expressionlessly in their seats, as if they were waiting for something.
Suddenly, the door lock turned and the door was slowly pushed open.
Jin Wen walked in with her head down.
Wei Xian, who was closest to the door, immediately jumped up with unusual agility, and dragged Jin Wen in. Her face was distorted, and her voice was hoarse: "You are finally back. We have a lack of people here."
Jin Wen flinched back, gasping for breath in fear: "Lack of people, what will happen if there are a lack of people?"
"The transshipment technique requires four people. Of course, the four of us must be together all the time. It won't work without any one of us."
In the dorm, Cao Rou and Zhou Xing giggled at the same time.
"But it doesn't matter, if you don't come back during the day, we will look for you at night. Even if you keep hiding, you will come back by yourself when the time comes. Everyone will come back..." Wei Xian stared at Jin Wen, and said a few words of unclear meaning.
However, Jin Wen seemed to understand it somehow, her face became paler, and her body began to tremble.
"It's good to be back, we can start praying."
The other three got up one after another, and they had already hung the same yellow thread on their hands. According to what Wei Xian said before, this could increase the connection with the transfer formation.
Seeing that her wrist was about to be forced to wear a yellow thread, Jin Wen suddenly said in a trembling voice: "Wei Xian, I want to tell you some good news! I have developed a group of downlines!"
Her roommate's movements stopped, Wei Xian slowly raised his head, and said stiffly, "What group of downlines?"
"I went outside to publicize the efficacy of the transshipment array. I first persuaded the dormitory next door, and then succeeded in convincing their friends through the dormitory next door... In the end, there were 16 people from four dormitories wanted to try it!"
Jin Wen took out a piece of paper, on which the locations of the four dormitories were marked. Counting their dormitories, it happened to cover the four corners of the dormitory area, the southeast, the north, the west, and the exits.
If they count the radiation range, the entire dormitory area could be included.
Wei Xian looked at it for a while, and was really moved: "Is what you said true?"
Jin Wen quickly defended: "I am a person who has done the transshipment technique. The stronger the transshipment technique, the greater the benefits I will get. What reason is there to lie to you?
"But there's another bad news: They said they wanted to try it today, but we didn't have enough props."
She wasn't talking nonsense - there was only one extra piece of yellow paper in Wei Xian's hand, and it could only be done once.
"So," Jin Wen swallowed her saliva, "They said they want to confirm in person whether you are telling the truth, and by the way, ask for a few more yellow papers, so that you can overfulfill the task - you only need to have a video call with your master, how about it?"
Wei Xian opened her mouth cautiously: "What nonsense are you talking about? It is impossible for me to expose Master's face to outsiders!"
"Of course no outsiders are needed." Jin Wen immediately compromised according to her words, and bargained on the spot: "Then only the four of us are here, and you can have a video call with your master alone, and then I will tell them the result, is that okay?
"You don't even need to chat, you just need to persuade your master to connect for a while, and they will be able to hear from outside the door—"
In her mind, Jin Wen copied the words Tang Xinjue taught her word by word:
"The opportunity will never come again. It is your master's luck to have such a smart and capable apprentice like you. I believe he will be very happy."
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Sorry this took a while, real life caught up with me. Thanks for reading!
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